Hana Yori Dango English Sub & Dub

About Hana Yori Dango

Hana Yori Dango blends school, romance and drama by Toei Animation (1996). Below is a fresh retelling of what the story is about. At its core: Makino Tsukushi, a girl who comes from a poor family, just aims to get through her two last years at Eitoku Gakuen quietly. But once she makes herself known by standing up for her companion to the F4, the four most popular, powerful, and rich boys at the school, she gets the red card: F4's way of a "Declaration of War.

As things develop, when she doesn't let herself be beaten by them and is starting to fall for one of the F4, Hanazawa Rui, she starts to see that there is more than runs into the eye...

In a school series like this, campus dynamics, friendships and rivalries set the day-to-day tone. This one is best suited to viewers who enjoy school-life settings.

Production & Appeal

Toei Animation is the studio behind Hana Yori Dango, and its direction shapes everything from character design to motion. Within the school category, campus dynamics, friendships and rivalries set the day-to-day tone. At 7.7/10 it earns a solid reception, a safe pick for fans of the genre. Released in 1996, it competed with that season's other new series for attention.